2019 World Snooker Championship

[Stony152]

Maybe if he would stay off TV between sessions he'd be more focussed. On again, talking about how great Robertson is. Get on the damn practice table and focus on how you're going to win the next session 7-2. Stupid.

Whose brilliant idea was it to have a player still active in the tournament commentate on another match between sessions of his own? It would be like a Liverpool player commentating on a match between Chelsea and City the day before his own next match. It's ludicrous.

[Long Butt]

Murphy should have been 8 - 8 at least. Can't see him turning this around.

[PatBlock]

Robertson potting beautifully, hard to see who could stop him on this form.

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[JimMalone]

And again. Hoping Murphy wins frame 16 so we have a close final session.

[JimMalone]

That is what makes him so dangerous.

This is generally a strength of many top players, especially Higgins and (former) Selby. But in this way I actually meant that this is one of Murphy's weaknesses compared to other elite players.

[narl]

Olivier Marteel does not allow the audience to make any noise, a laugh comes from the other table and he is immediately in with "quiet please!" and no player was at the table, he replacing the cue ball!

That German ref eckhart is probably worse, sounds like a snappy little **** when he starts squawking as well.

[ADR147]

Robertson is winning all the crucial close frames.

That is what makes him so dangerous.

[JimMalone]

Robertson is winning all the crucial close frames.

[JimMalone]

Slightly off-topic... I watched that feature on Eurosport just now with Williams and Higgins talking about their World final last year, and it's interesting how we often only remember the best bits. To say that "John couldn't have played much better" is a little misleading in my opinion, because the final session (as fantastic as it was) was only one quarter of the match. It was one of the best sessions I've ever seen, no doubt about that, but the match in its entirety was not as good as they were making it out to be.

It's funny, that infamous Dott-Ebdon final in 2006 had a fantastic final session as well, but it couldn't quite make up for the hours of crap the two players served us in the first three sessions, so that match is almost never remembered fondly nowadays. :smile:

I'm with you on this. Many people right after the final last year talked about how great it was. But in reality I think this is because of 1) the final session, as you pointed out and 2) of the legendary status of the players involved, who both have their share of fans.
I remember thinking early on that Higgins was far from his best and that he would need a miracle to come back, which didn't exactly add to the suspense of the match. This was a little different the year before, when everybody actually expected Selby to pull of the comeback.

[Odrl]

Slightly off-topic... I watched that feature on Eurosport just now with Williams and Higgins talking about their World final last year, and it's interesting how we often only remember the best bits. To say that "John couldn't have played much better" is a little misleading in my opinion, because the final session (as fantastic as it was) was only one quarter of the match. It was one of the best sessions I've ever seen, no doubt about that, but the match in its entirety was not as good as they were making it out to be.

It's funny, that infamous Dott-Ebdon final in 2006 had a fantastic final session as well, but it couldn't quite make up for the hours of crap the two players served us in the first three sessions, so that match is almost never remembered fondly nowadays. :smile:

[DeanH]

Olivier Marteel does not allow the audience to make any noise, a laugh comes from the other table and he is immediately in with "quiet please!" and no player was at the table, he replacing the cue ball!

[DeanH]

someone put the 50p in the meter!

[PatBlock]

The commentators on Eurosport said there was a power outage at the venue. They still have pictures of Robertson-Murphy, but without any graphics for the moment.

I see, thanks. Hasn't this happened before at the crucible?

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[Odrl]

The commentators on Eurosport said there was a power outage at the venue. They still have pictures of Robertson-Murphy, but without any graphics for the moment.

[PatBlock]

Yep, cool choice. Who thought the snooker fans would rather watch a full documentary about castles rather than wait an extra minute. And the red button is showing the mid-session interval on the other table rather than the Robertson/Murphy match.

Exactly why I've all but given up on them. I'm only watching then today because eurosport have massed up as well.

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